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I'm in a huge indecision. My In A Time Lapse book will arrive soon and no later than the second week of April I will start to learn one of the musics, but I can't choose one D: They are all perfect! xD

My indecision is between Run, Waterways and Burning. My idea is, whatever I choose, to play it in the final recital of my school, wich is in June. I want to touch the people with the music.

Can anyone help me? D:

Last edited by ThePianistWay; 03/26/1307:38 PM.

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Am Abend - Hofmann

"Don’t practice until you get it right. Practice until you can’t get it wrong. "

I'm in a huge indecision. My In A Time Lapse book will arrive soon and no later than the second week of April I will start to learn one of the musics, but I can't choose one D: They are all perfect! xD

My indecision is between Run, Waterways and Burning. My idea is, whatever I choose, to play it in the final recital of my school, wich is in June. I want to touch the people with the music.

Can anyone help me? D:

My opinion "Brothers".

Yamaha CLP-470

“If you ever assume you know all there is to know about something, or even if you accept that you know enough, you have just doomed yourself to mediocrity.”

I'm in a huge indecision. My In A Time Lapse book will arrive soon and no later than the second week of April I will start to learn one of the musics, but I can't choose one D: They are all perfect! xD

My indecision is between Run, Waterways and Burning. My idea is, whatever I choose, to play it in the final recital of my school, wich is in June. I want to touch the people with the music.

Can anyone help me? D:

My opinion "Brothers".

Now you have put me more undecided ahahah Brothers is equally excelent. Gosh, I just have 1 week and a few days to decide...

Last edited by ThePianistWay; 03/27/1307:18 PM.

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Am Abend - Hofmann

"Don’t practice until you get it right. Practice until you can’t get it wrong. "

Once again I am a bit crunched for time, so as much as I like Carlos's detailed evaluation of an individual piece, I'm just going to list pieces from the the three books in order of difficulty, with a phrase or two at most commenting on why they were ranked the way they were. And I won't rank them all, only those I worked up or attempted to work up. List goes from easiest to hardest

Corale and Corale Solo -- both arrangements are very easy, but they don't appeal all that much to me. Dark Bank of Clouds -- this is heresy to say here, but I. Hate. This. Solo. Arrangement. The right hand consists solely of one measure repeated 110 times. After measure 74 I was ready to gouge my eyeballs out. My family was ready after measure 28.Brothers -- once you get used to the off-beat rhythm, it's a piece of cakeUnderwoodCrane DanceUnoSarabandeBurning -- unless you have huge hands, you'll have to pedal your way through much of the pieceTwo Trees -- my current favoritePrimavera -- dead easy if played slowly; much harder to play at the proper tempoBerlin Song -- one of my all time favorites to play.Reverie -- it's hard to get the echoey feel in the left hand on an acousticDivenire -- major hand independence and tempo challenges hereExperience -- just like Divenire, without the slow easy partAndare -- one look at the triplets and rhythmic challenges, and I didn't even dare try it.Otramare -- ditto

I'll be curious to see what ranking others come up with.

Where would you situate Run?

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Am Abend - Hofmann

"Don’t practice until you get it right. Practice until you can’t get it wrong. "

Sorry, PianistWay, I just saw your question. Hmmm.... I haven't tried to work on "Run," so it's tough to say. The sheet music doesn't LOOK all that hard, but I've learned the hard way that you don't know until you actually play something where the stumbling blocks are.

My big news is that I just bought my ticket for Einaudi's Washington D.C. concert on May 21!!! I was able to find a fairly cheap airplane ticket and a not-so-cheap hotel, but what the heck, you only live once. And this concert sounds like it is even better than his previous shows.

My big news is that I just bought my ticket for Einaudi's Washington D.C. concert on May 21!!! I was able to find a fairly cheap airplane ticket and a not-so-cheap hotel, but what the heck, you only live once. And this concert sounds like it is even better than his previous shows.

That's great Monica. I'm so happy for you!

SoundCloud | YoutubeSelf-taught since Dec2009"Don't play what's there, play what's not there."

Don't worry, Monica I have started to learn Run the past saturday yey I'm so happy to hear me playing what I heard on the concert :3 It's awesome. And it will be, probably, the piece I'm gonna play on the June's Recital of my school.

That's awesome, Monica. I assure you you will not regret you've made that decision.

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Am Abend - Hofmann

"Don’t practice until you get it right. Practice until you can’t get it wrong. "

Last night's concert was amazing. I loved his last piano solo concert and enjoyed the section last night that was also solo piano, but the whole emsemble showcased his composition and storytelling skills in the most awesome way.Opened with Waterways and was an emotional journey throughout. I loved Experience and Newton's Cradle and Life was just amazing live.

He is coming back to UK in November

It will be happened; it shall be going to be happening; it will be was an event that could will have been taken place in the future. Simple as that.

I saw this thread yesterday and wondered who this Ludovico Einaudi was. After watching Monika k play some really beautiful pieces I have put him in the memory files for a few years down the track when I might be able to consider attempting such music.Looks like he doesn't intend to tour Australia soon or I would be there.

Problems with piano are 90% psychological, the other 10% is in your head.

earlofmar, you ought to watch some of Einaudi's videos on YouTube to hear what the pieces are *really* supposed to sound like! Then you'll be even more enthralled.

But don't feel that you have to wait for "a few years' before tackling some of his music. If you peruse all 62 pages of this thread, you'll see that some of his pieces are very, very simple indeed (e.g., Exit, Limbo, Corale) and could probably be played well by somebody with only a couple of months of piano experience.

But don't feel that you have to wait for "a few years' before tackling some of his music. If you peruse all 62 pages of this thread, you'll see that some of his pieces are very, very simple indeed (e.g., Exit, Limbo, Corale) and could probably be played well by somebody with only a couple of months of piano experience.

Thanks for the insight Monika K. I will think that over, for I qualify for some of those easy pieces with my grand total of six months of experience.

Problems with piano are 90% psychological, the other 10% is in your head.

earlofmar, I had never heard Einaudi before visiting this site. One day, I heard a great rendition of "Nuvole Bianche" by AnthonyB in the 19th ABF Recital (Aug 2010). That was my first contact with Einaudi.I had started my adventure with the piano a few months before (Dec 2009), and I was still a little lost as to what I wanted to play. From that moment I had found my way.As Monica says, there are simple pieces you can try. For example, I got to play "La nascita delle cose segrette" in my first recital ABF (nº 20), with less than one year of experience and it was a kind of challenge.So, do not hesitate. Choose a piece, work, play, and enjoy.

SoundCloud | YoutubeSelf-taught since Dec2009"Don't play what's there, play what's not there."

Thanks earlofmar, You have an huge collection of Einaudi pieces in ABF Recital IndexIt is worth investing a little time to listen to the (wonderful) pieces of people with many different skills. I think it is a good source of inspiration and can help you doing your (1st) choice.

SoundCloud | YoutubeSelf-taught since Dec2009"Don't play what's there, play what's not there."

I saw this on my Facebook feed from BBC Radio 3 and thought it might appeal to those who follow this thread. Einaudi is the special guess of the In Tune program this afternoon. Details here (and Radio 3 allows you to listen online up to a week after if you want):

I saw this on my Facebook feed from BBC Radio 3 and thought it might appeal to those who follow this thread. Einaudi is the special guess of the In Tune program this afternoon. Details here (and Radio 3 allows you to listen online up to a week after if you want):